Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-20
DAILY HERALD.
WONDERFUL SURGERY.
An Unusual Operation In the
Treatment of Horses.

An Unusual Operation In the
II Treatment of Horses.
Several days ago DR.. l.. A. Ander-
- son was called to attend sick horse
belonging to Chris Reichel, the trans
IN fer man, whose stable is on Water
street, between Vine and Race. The
sick horse was fine, large animal,
- weighing 1900 pounds, and his owner
was 10th to lose him. Almost month
r. ago the horse became violently ill and
III was unable to be worked. From a
I1LX fine, large draught horse he fell away
~ n.ss in flesh to a mere skeleton and lay in
EEu his stall with scarcely enough strength
nEg to raise his head He ate with but little
relish, and for nine days previous to the
=. Il doctors first call the horse refused to
! 70 eas a morsel of food. The stable
Dnda hands were unable to account for the
mysterious disease, but attributed it
to an affection of the throat. Simple
remedies were applied, but all to no
purpose, and finally DIR. Anderson was
~ called in. An examination located
. q. the cause of the trouble, which lay in
two decayed teeth in the upper jaw.
Two large cavities that exposed the
nerve were found in each tooth, and
the cause of the animals intense suf-
fering and inability to eat food was
soon apparent.
DR.. Anderson decided that the re-
Oh Oh. moval Of the teeth was the only thing
- that would afford any relief, and the
operation known as treI anation or
trephening, was set down for yester-
To II day afternoon The animals head
all was held by two assistants, while DR..
J well Anderson proceeded to make a
efore| T-shaped incision in the skin, one
inch and half under the left eye.
Nc The flaps of skin were carefully laid
The back, exposing the bone. Then with
Ell :; III scalpel the mucous membrane was
10 pa scraped from the bone, and the doc
1an y tor made ready for the trephening.
An instrument very much re-
sembling a hand auger, save
--,.,S that the cutting surface-an inch in
e diameter-is toothed like saw, was
seized, and by semi.circular move
Hew ment from left to right round hole
was bored through the bone, the dry
The dust and blood being sponged away as
~, the boring process proceeded. The
horse meanwhile was put under the
ne 81 influence of an anasthetic, and suffered
3f pc no apparent pain. After ten minutes
III - of boring the bone was cut through
- and the teeth could be plainly seen.
ns The end or root of the teeth, after
Wnicl passing through the gums and jaw
natur bone, run up into hollow space or
lar "a cavity, and it was here that the work
AL was done.
1oaa A punch was passed through the
sons hole in the skull, and with the aid Of
This hit the two molars could easily be
were coached. Then hammer was brought
\. Unto play, and with few well-directed
.l1c strokes the teeth were loosened and
10 tn partly driven down through the bone.
- l., ~
truth into the animals mouth and pulled
-. srout the two molars, each of which
was as large as a mans two fingers.
granSThe opening left in the jawbone could
teed The plainly seen through the hole, and
field ato prevent food from passing up into
.,,na the cavity and to keep the parts clean
.s''e , cork soaked in a solution of carbolic
knoWacid was fitted into the opening into
cial the skull and held in place by a small
questFtring tied to the halter.
This cork can be removed at will, a
'aon Syringe can be inserted into the OPEN
the teng and the space left by the extrac-
ment jon of the teeth is thus kept clean
.;oneand free from food and foreign matter.
N about three weeks the opening will
un have healed, when the cork can be re-
Mr.. moved from the hole in the skull
the Che flaps Of the skin will then be put
e6o of,ack to cover the hole and plaster OF
itch applied and the skin will soon
bach cal.
millio AT the end of the operation, which
held equired just twenty minutes to per-
all exm, tne poor 1;af dlinai ~ g've eanhnd u h;s
ter Mad down for some of the straw in
Bank is stall. and when it was taken away
tive ire neighed for more. This was the
..4.h,rst case on record where the fifth and
,xth molars of a horse were ex-
the wiacted. although similar operations
the sen the frontal molars have been per-
v.or ed.-[Cincinnat Enquirer